There is a group of day-flying butterflies which look rather like moths, being short, stubby, and with fat bodies. These are ...

Mielke (1968) was the first to publish a butterfly list for the region, with emphasis on Hesperiidae, and recorded 106 species in the municipality of Foz do Iguaçu. Decades later, a Rapid Ecological ...

They also said grazing is vital to ensure the population of Europe’s most threatened butterflies, the marsh fritillary, which thrives there, along with the locally rare dingy skipper butterfly.

It is untouched by modern farming methods such as fertiliser and slurry, and its habitats have become a haven for wildlife, including threatened species such as red squirrels, pine martens and otters ...